And john davet



M. ALTMANN & J. DAVEY. Suspenders.

NO 223,628. Patented Jan. 20,1880.

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a Q J ATTORNEY.

N.FETER8. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ ALTMANN, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AND JOHN DAVEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,628, dated January20, 1880.

' Application filed October 6, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

" Be it known that we, MORITZ 'ALTMANN, of the city and county ofCamden, State of New Jersey, and JoHN DAVEY, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Suspenders, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which--' Figure 1is a face view of a portion of a Suspender embodying our invention. Fig.2 is a view of a detached portion thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Our invention consists of the button holes. or loops of suspenders, madeextensible by means of metallic pieces, each of which is constructed oftwo tubular parts, one of which is immovably secured to one portion ofthe tab material, and the other is cylindrical and freely incloses theadjacent portion of said material, said portions constituting thetermination of the button-hole, whereby said button holes or loops maybe opened and closed for various purposes.

It also consists of a stop-collar for limiting the reduction or closingof the button-hole and receiving the strain thereon.

Referring to the drawings, A represents buttoning-tabs of a pair ofsuspenders, and B the button holes or loops thereof, each of which isformed by turning up the end of a piece of cord, webbing, or othersuitable material against itself and, securing said end to the part incontact, for which purpose we employ a clamp, 0, consisting of a pieceof metal bent into double tubular form, one side-or part beingpreferably conical and rigidly fixed to the end of the tab material, andthe other side or part being cylindrical and loosely encircling andprotectively inclos'ing the adjacent portion of said material.

To a proper portion of the length of the material there is firmlysecured a collar, a, whichis adapted to fit an offset, b, on the 'bottomof the clamp O and form a stop there for.

It will be seen that one portion of the clamp is rigidly connected tothe end of the buttonhole material and the other portion slides on theadjacent length of said material, whereby the button-hole may be readilyenlarged or reduced, as desired, this feature being serviceable forconveniently applying and removing the button-hole to and from thebutton, and the reduction or contraction for the closing and security ofthe button-hole on the button, and, furthermore, adapting thebutton-holes to buttons of various sizes.

The limit of reduction of the button-hole is the stop-collar a.

It will also be seen that asthe end of the button-hole is fixed to theclamp O and the latter is in contact with the collar a, the button-holeis reliably formed or connected, so

as to endure the severe strain to which it is subjected Withoutliability of separation or dismemberment.

We are aware that it is not new to secure button-holes of suspenders bymeans of tubular metallic clamps, and therefore disclaim such feature,broadly; but we are not aware of any clamp formed of two parts, one ofwhich is rigidly clamped to the end of the tab material, and the otherslides freely on the adjacent portion of the tab material andprotectivel y incloses the latter portion of wearing action of the otherportion.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let'- ters Patent, is-- 1. In combination with a suspender endor tab, the sliding clamp 0, consisting of a piece of tubular metalhaving one side rigidly secured to the end of the tab material and theother side cylindrical and sliding freely on the other length of saidmaterial, to form the button-hole loop, substantiallyas and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In combination with the tabs A and clamps O, stop-collars a,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

MORlTZ ALTMANN. JOHN DAVEY.

Witnesses JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIIM, A. 1?. GRANT.

